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Chapter 533 Lin Chong: I have no experience in dealing with the queen mother, let's talk about it on paper

"This is not the place where the county king was killed."

It was Qiu Wuzuo who broke the silence first.

He looked at the corpse for the longest time, and even took the initiative to go around the rockery to make a judgment.

Li Yan's expression was slightly uncomfortable, but he nodded slightly: "There is too little blood on the rockery, and there are no splashes of blood around. If King Xiang was directly killed here, it really shouldn't be like this."

Because of wild thoughts, Gongsun Zhao finally said: "Find the real murder scene first, and then get the body down... Where are the stewards in the mansion? Bring them all here!"

The latter sentence was addressed to the shop soldiers, but their answer was trembling: "I can't bring it here, but I can carry it..."

Gongsun Zhao's expression changed: "They're all dead?"

Pu Bing nodded and pointed to the location of the main hall.

Gongsun Zhao walked there quickly, Qiu Wuzuo asked Fan Chunli for instructions, and followed closely behind.

Li Yan continued to look at the corpse, then turned his gaze to those concubines who were trembling not far away, and called the shop soldiers: "Did you gather them here after discovering the corpse?"

Pu Bing shook his head: "No, they have been fleeing here for a long time, and they dare not move. It was not until after dawn that a brave dancer went out to call for help."

Li Yan looked at the group of women again: "Which one is calling for help? Please come out and answer."

A dancer with reddish eyes came out of it: "The concubine Xu has seen your lord before, so I dare not ask for your name."

Li Yan moved his feet and changed his position: "Don't panic, just remember what happened last night?"

The dancer then turned sideways, and immediately avoided looking at the rockery. She didn't have to look at the corpse, and slowly calmed down, and replied: "The concubines were singing and dancing in the main hall. First, there was a sudden scream outside. The county king ordered the steward to take the guards to check, but no one came back, but the screams were getting closer, and then..."

She swallowed her saliva, and said in a trembling voice: "The steward rushed in, covered in blood, babbled nonsense, and said some terrible things, and then..."

Those who can be given a surname are all valued by the master. This manager Xiang should be a slave similar to Xiang Ba.

Hearing this, Li Yan raised his hand to stop her from saying, "Wait a minute, what exactly did that person say to the steward?"

The dancer suddenly shook her head: "The concubine dare not say... The concubine really dare not say..."

Li Yan said gently: "Don't be afraid, what you said to the supervisor is probably what the murderer forced him to say, and you can't take it seriously. You repeat it to provide evidence, and you are definitely not guilty of the following."

The dancer's complexion eased a little, and she said in a low voice: "Tell the steward...that the county king is evil...retribution is coming..."

When Li Yan was inquiring, other people from the Kaifeng government office also came over, and their faces changed when they heard this, especially Fan Chunli, who secretly thought something was wrong.

To his relief, Li Yan stopped talking about this topic and continued to ask: "And then?"

The dancer showed a look of fear, and intermittently said: "Then...the steward screamed and died...blood sprayed everywhere...the concubine and the others rushed out in fright...I heard the screams from behind... Then there was a strange sound ahead..."

Li Yan asked: "What's the sound?"

The dancer said: "That sound is very strange...it seems to be the song of a bird...but it doesn't look like a bird...forward and then backward...as if attracting concubine to wait...finally came to this back garden and hid..."

When the people in the Kaifeng government office heard this, their faces changed again, and some even exclaimed: "Could it be that ghosts and ghosts are making trouble?"

Fan Chunli found that Li Yan's expression was calm, there was a bit of thought between his brows, and he was not affected by the theory of strange power and chaos, so he couldn't help nodding again.

After pondering for a while, Li Yan made a conclusion: "In this way, you were at the top of the hall at that time, and you didn't have a half understanding of the murderer's appearance. He didn't know whether it was male or female, old or young. A strange sound like a bird chirping, and then escaped here, survived?"

After his summary, the dancer also felt that her thinking was much clearer, she nodded heavily: "That's it."

Li Yan looked at the other women again: "Do you have anything to add?"

The voices of all the women were different, but they all answered in unison: "No...no..."

Li Yan frowned slightly: "This case is really difficult. We can arrange these women properly, and then search for survivors in the mansion, and gather them all. Then people from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple will arrive, and then we can question them together." If so, Fan Gong thinks this arrangement is appropriate?"

Fan Chunli caressed his beard and said, "Lin Erlang is very organized, so he really doesn't want to be the inspector of Kaifeng Mansion?"

Li Yan said solemnly: "Thank you Fan Gong for taking it seriously, I really don't want to."

As soon as this conversation came out, the eyes of everyone in the Kaifeng government office lit up.

Before, Fan Chunli said in private, but now he simply invites people publicly. As we all know, those who have improper official positions are all good people. In the end, once they become officials, they are all high-ranking officials. You have to take advantage of the white body to curry favor with the other party.

Li Yan knew that Fan Chunli was taking the opportunity to raise his own value and show favor. Obviously, he was under a lot of pressure and pinned part of his hopes on him as a consultant.

Li Yan reciprocated and maintained the order of the scene. Under his arrangement, everyone performed their duties and protected the scene very well. The surviving concubines and guards who were hiding also came out one after another and were gathered aside.

Fan Chunli was very sick and uncomfortable, and he went to the side to rest relieved when he saw it, but Gongsun Zhao and Qiu Wuzuo brought people over, their bodies were more or less bloodstained, and their faces were very ugly.

Coming to the front, Gongsun Zhao directly determined the nature of the case: "This is not an assassination, but a massacre."

Qiu Wuzuo also said in a shy voice: "All the people with a certain status in the county prince's mansion have been killed. The murderer is simply unscrupulous..."

What is assassination?In the former Tang Dynasty, Wu Yuanheng went to court when the sky was dark, and the assassin who was hiding in the ditch knocked down the lantern and cut off the head. The whole process was as fast as lightning.

But now this kind of situation is undoubtedly massacre, anyone who wants to be killed can be killed, except for concubines and maidservants, it seems that all the dignified people in the mansion can only be carried out, it is too cruel and too arrogant.

After Li Yan inquired carefully, his complexion could not help becoming more serious: "I also asked the surviving concubine Ji in the mansion just now, and got what happened to them..."

He repeated what the dancer said, and when he heard the words "retribution is coming", Gongsun Zhao held back the change in expression, but still couldn't help but hum: "It may not be the murderer's false words, maybe it is retribution." arrive!"

Qiu Yuzuo said in a deep voice: "If it is really the people who were hurt by the King of Yongyang who came to revenge, the murderer's motives really make sense, such a cruel killing method, but let those maids and concubines be released, and even the guards left many Live, just killed the county king and his evil slaves, it is obviously a purposeful revenge!"

Li Yandao: "This is indeed a possibility, but the timing of this case is sensitive, I'm afraid there is something else wrong, and the possibility that the murderer did it on purpose cannot be ruled out... Hey, someone came slowly!"

Following his gaze, the two of them saw two groups of people appearing not far away, moving over cautiously, their gait was so hobbled that they were older than Fan Chunli.

"It's from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple!"

Looking at this group of timid people, Gongsun Zhao became very angry: "Whenever robbing a prisoner, they come the fastest, and now we really have to investigate the case, not to mention the purple robe, there is not even a single one who wears scarlet." !"

Qiu Wuzuo sighed: "The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple also have experts in solving cases, but they obviously don't want to disturb this muddy water. The degree of difficulty of this case is still higher than what we expected before we came here!"

Among other things, once the news spreads to the palace, no one can predict the Queen Mother's reaction when she finds out that her younger brother has merged with the rockery, and what kind of turmoil will arise.

But what can be expected is that those who are involved in the center of the storm will end up smashed to pieces if they are a little careless.

Therefore, whoever likes to investigate this case will investigate it. The Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple would rather shrink their heads back and be impeached by the imperial censor than accept this hot potato.

It's not that Gongsun Zhao doesn't understand the twists and turns of these officialdoms. Without a smart mind, it's impossible to solve cases repeatedly. It's just that those things are clear, but he is unwilling to follow them against the principle. He said coldly: "Those people don't It’s good to come here, to save a lot of constraints, but it will cause trouble for our investigation and cause the murderer to go unpunished. I plan to investigate the crimes of King Yongyang in the past, what do you think?”

Qiu Wuzuo wanted to persuade him, but after hearing the decisiveness in his tone, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Sanlang, I support you!"

Perhaps recently Gongsun Zhao has become less self-willed and has begun to learn to take care of other people's feelings, but when it comes to the most critical issues of principle, this cold-faced judge will obviously not back down in the slightest.

Li Yan then said: "Innocence is innocence, guilt is sin, and the dead can't escape this point, and it should be revealed, because it can deter the wicked people who are still alive and reduce the occurrence of subsequent crimes."

Gongsun Zhao's eyes lit up: "Lin Erlang really understands me!"

Li Yandao: "I do understand Judge Gongsun's pursuit, but I don't agree with your way of handling things. People who pursue justice must pay attention to methods and methods to accomplish this more difficult goal. You must adapt to this world."

Gongsun Zhao wanted to say that he couldn't get used to it, but he felt this kindness, so he asked for advice: "Then according to your wishes, what should we do next?"

Li Yan said in a low voice: "Secret investigation, don't make it public, and if necessary, you must pretend to be one or two, and you can't let people see the purpose in advance, especially the Queen Mother!"

Gongsun Zhao's face changed: "Could it be that the queen mother will recruit me into the palace?"

As a detective who goes to the palace all day to support the emperor and the empress when investigating cases, Li Yan is actually quite speechless about Gongsun Zhao's solo mode. The court judges are like private detectives. Hitting the wall everywhere, I mentioned:

"Others dare not take over this case. If you, a well-known cold-faced judge, take over the case, the Queen Mother will naturally notice you. The better her relationship with her younger brother is, the sooner she will invite you into the palace for questioning."

"It's just that you have raised the speculation that the county king is related to Wuyoudong before. If that Ren Zhengyan has exposed this matter, then you have to think about how to deal with the Queen Mother's next attack!"

Although Gongsun Zhao was very dissatisfied with the empress dowager's greed for power and was unwilling to return to the new government, but for the current ruler, he still had awe for the imperial power, and his thinking of loyalty to the emperor was deeply rooted since he was a child. Hearing this, his face changed: " How should this be done?"

Seeing Gongsun Zhao looking over eagerly, Li Yan sticks to his character: "I'm just an ordinary Bianjing citizen, and I'm not good at dealing with the Queen Mother..."

Qiu Yu was in a hurry: "Mr. Lin is a genius, if you have an idea, I still look for advice. This is really a matter of life and death!"

Gongsun Zhao also hurriedly said, "Please enlighten Lin Erlang!"

Li Yan laughed and said: "You think too highly of me, my thoughts are all castles in the air, just talking on paper, purely based on the news from the streets and alleys of Beijing, I made some guesses... Well, if you are really willing to listen, then Let me just say it, right as a reference!"

Following Li Yan's narration, Gongsun Zhao still nodded slightly at first, then showed some thought, and was a little dumbfounded in the end.

It turns out that politics is played like this. Is this how the queen mother dealt with it?
In a trance.

A brand new door is slowly opening to it.

(End of this chapter)